• Feist Let It Die Vinyl

Why I bought This CD:Let It Die - Feist (CD 2005)

In 2004 Feist made her U.S. Debut with Let It Die, which featured “Mushaboom”, won the Juno Award for Best Alternative Rock Album and Best New Artist, and garnered major critical acclaim. Her 2007 follow-up The Reminder debuted in the top 20 in the U.S. And was hailed by the Village Voice as a “great batch of simple, precisely arranged.

You know how when you hear a song on the radio for the first time, it might catch your ear. The second time you hear it, it seems more familiar, but you're not sure where you heard it, but it's kind of catchy. The third time you hear it, you're listening trying to find out who the artist is. That's the way it was with this CD. I came in to work one day, and a co-worker had listened to a song on the radio that I had just listened to, and I had to know who it was. I got a one word answer, 'Feist'. That started a search on eBay for the least expensive Buy It Now I could find. The song was 'Mushaboom', and the rest of the CD did not disappoint. Leslie Feist has a very sultry, jazzy voice and styling that I found to be very interesting. The cover of the BeeGees song was strangely different, and is probably the most kicked up song on the entire CD. All of the other songs are much more subdued and slow paced, which certainly isn't a bad thing. You have to be somewhat in the mood, and like the slow paced style of a smoky jazz bar to appreciate her style, but in my humble opinion, is very cool. Remember the song 'The Girl From Ipanema'? It's a lot like that. In fact, that is almost exactly what she sounds like. Very sexy sounding. While it can be said that I have purchased CD's in the past to acquire a single track (and this time was no exception), I went out on a limb when I purchased this, and the limb didn't break. I don't know as it will make my top 10 list or anything, but I feel it will be a great addition to my collection. I think I'll just keep this one....No eBay fodder here.

Let It Die is the second album by Canadiansinger-songwriterFeist. It was recorded in Paris during 2002 and 2003 and released in 2004. The album combines jazz, bossa nova and indie rock.

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Background[edit]

Let It Die was welcomed as one of the best Canadian pop albums of 2004. It was nominated for three Juno Awards in 2005, and won two: Best Alternative Album and Best New Artist. A track from the album, 'Inside and Out', was nominated as Single of the Year in the 2006 Juno Awards. In 2012, NOW Magazine ranked Let It Die at #4 on list of The 50 Best Toronto Albums Ever.^[2]

Let It Die has attracted a significant international audience. The album was originally divided into original compositions on the first half and cover versions on the second, though a reissue later in 2004 added a further original composition as the penultimate track.

The single 'Mushaboom' is a pun on sh-boom as a refrain, and the Mushaboom, the Canadian coastal community east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, the province where Feist was born. The song was used in a Lacoste commercial.^{[citation needed]}

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Composition[edit]

Music and lyrics[edit]

Barry Walters of Rolling Stone likened Feist's vocals on the album to 'the jazz tingle of Peggy Lee', and her melodicism to Tin Pan Alley.^[3] Walters also believed Let It Die to draw influence from chamber pop, chill-out, postmodernfolk, and Burt Bacharach, and described the album as 'indie loungepop'.^[3]

Let It Die contains elements of folk, bossa nova, and indie rock.^[4]

Critical reception[edit]

MacKenzie Wilson of AllMusic gave praise to the various production choices on the tracks and the vocal work over it, saying that '[S]he's playful with her design and the overall composition flows nicely. Feist has varied styles and sounds just right, and that's what makes Let It Die the secret treasure that it is.'^[5] Barry Walters, writing for Rolling Stone, also lauded praise for the album's eclectic genre and vocal dynamics, saying that 'Feist proves she's a modern gal with a sparse yet varied sound that draws from chamber pop, chill-out, postmodern folk, Burt Bacharach and beyond.'^[3]

At the 2017 Polaris Music Prize, the album won the public vote for the Heritage Prize in the 1996-2005 category.^[14]

Track listing[edit]

Personnel[edit]

• Gonzales – piano, various instruments
• Feist – guitar, vocals
• Julien Chirol – trombone
• Frédéric Coudere – saxophone

Charts[edit]

Certifications and sales[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'albums: Let It Die (2004)'. hmv.com. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
2. ^'The 50 Best Toronto Albums Ever'. NOW Magazine. Archived from the original on 2013-01-06. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
3. ^ ^abcdWalters, Barry (July 28, 2005). 'Let It Die'. Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
4. ^Dye, David (July 25, 2005). 'Feist Takes an Eclectic Turn on Her Solo Record'. NPR. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
5. ^ ^abWilson, MacKenzie. 'Let It Die – Feist'. AllMusic. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
6. ^Stevens, Darcie (May 6, 2005). 'Feist: Let It Die (Cherrytree / Interscope)'. The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
7. ^Donnelly, Elisabeth (May 13–19, 2005). 'Feist: Let It Die (Interscope)'. The Boston Phoenix. Archived from the original on August 28, 2006. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
8. ^Greenblatt, Leah (May 9, 2005). 'Let It Die'. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
9. ^Simpson, Dave (July 9, 2004). 'Feist: Let It Die'. The Guardian. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
10. ^Carroll, Jim (July 30, 2004). 'Feist: Let It Die (Polydor France)'. The Irish Times. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
11. ^Pytlik, Mark (July 13, 2004). 'Feist: Let It Die'. Pitchfork. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
12. ^Yu, Kenneth (May 10, 2005). 'Feist: Let It Die'. PopMatters. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
13. ^Anderson, Jason (June 2017). 'Feist: The Path to Pleasure'. Uncut (241): 18.
14. ^'Tragically Hip album makes Polaris Heritage Prize list'. Toronto Star, October 25, 2017.
15. ^ ^abThompson, Robert (21 June 2008). 'Feist's hit album a big boost for Canadian label'. Reuters. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
16. ^'Canadian album certifications – Feist – Let It Die'. Music Canada.
17. ^'French album certifications – Feist – Let It Die' (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
18. ^'British album certifications – Feist – Let It Die'. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 8 March 2019.Select albums in the Format field.Select Silver in the Certification field.Type Let It Die in the 'Search BPI Awards' field and then press Enter.
19. ^'American album certifications – Feist – Let It Die'. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 8 March 2019.If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.
20. ^Hamard, Jonathan (8 November 2011). 'Feist : trois concerts en France en mars 2012'. Charts in France. Retrieved 8 March 2019.